英语单词 | relieve |
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英美音标 | 英 [rɪ'liːv] 美 [rɪ'liːv] |
中文释义 | v.救济;减轻;解除;偷 |
英语例句 | (1) The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake. (2) This medicine will relieve your headache. (3) The route was designed to relieve traffic congestion. (4) The general was relieved of his command. (5) He was relieved of his watch. |
中文例句 | (1) 地震造成大范围的灾难,政府迅速采取行动赈济灾民。 (2) 这药将减轻你的头痛。 (3) 这条路是为缓解交通拥挤而开辟的。 (4) 将军被解除了指挥权。 (5) 他的表被偷走了。 |
vocabulary简明 | To relieve is to ease a burden or take over for someone. An aspirin can relieve a headache, and a substitute can relieve the teacher who fell asleep on her desk after lunch. |
vocabulary扩展 | Relieve comes from the Latin word relevare meaning "to help" or "make light again." An ice pack might relieve a pain in your elbow, but you can also be relieved of your duties if you get fired (or taken out to lunch). A thief might even relieve you of your wallet. Like thief, relieve is the rare word that actually follows the "i" before "e" rule ("i" before "e" except after "c" or when sounded as "a" as in "neighbor" and "weigh"). Aren't you relieved? |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]缓和,缓解,减轻,解除(不愉快的情绪或形势) If something relieves an unpleasant feeling or situation, it makes it less unpleasant or causes it to disappear completely. [V n]
2 [VERB 动词]使解脱;使摆脱 If someone or something relieves you of an unpleasant feeling or difficult task, they take it from you. [V n
3 [VERB 动词]使(从…中)解脱出来 If someone relieves you of something, they take it away from you. [V n [FORMAL 正式]
4 [VERB 动词]接替…的职位;代…的班 If you relieve someone, you take their place and continue to do the job or duty that they have been doing. [V n]
5 [VERB 动词]解除(或免除)…的职务 If someone is relieved of their duties or is relieved of their post, they are told that they are no longer required to continue in their job. [ [usu passive] [FORMAL 正式]
6 [VERB 动词]解围;解放 If an army relieves a town or another place which has been surrounded by enemy forces, it frees it. [V n]
7 [VERB 动词]上厕所;排便 If people or animals relieve themselves, they urinate or defecate. [V pron-refl] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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